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Proverbs 20:21

World English Bible

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
won’t be blessed in the end.

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Proverbs 20:21 in other translations

An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 20:21 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 20:21 in context

  1. 19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
    therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
  2. 20Whoever curses his father or his mother,
    his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
  3. 21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning,
    won’t be blessed in the end.
  4. 22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.”
    Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
  5. 23Yahweh detests differing weights,
    and dishonest scales are not pleasing.